Jarred Lau

Master’s student, uOttawa and CHEO Research Institute

Jarred Lau graduated with a BSc (Biology and Biotechnology) from Carleton University November 2018. During his undergraduate studies he worked as a co-op student for Agriculture and Agrifood Canada under Dr. Sara Martin where he used flow cytometry to study the evolutionary genetics of the Brassicacea family of plants. He also worked in Dr. Wong’s Lab at Carleton investigating antimicrobial resistance to monensin in soil dwelling bacteria to complete his undergraduate thesis.

Currently enrolled at the University of Ottawa as a Master’s student in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Jarred will be working with Professor Lochmüller to investigate the genetic causes of congenital myasthenic syndrome.